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the_salivation_army t1_j6bi243 wrote

It’s amazing how different they sound. I had some new version of Lambdas, SR507 they were, with an old T1 amp about ten year ago. Even these dinky old SR5 ones I had blew away dynamics, it sounds like the music is coming from outer space. And they’re expensive, I bloody sold em to put towards the deposit on a house.

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The_Incredible_Rook OP t1_j6birjm wrote

Hehehe damn, you ever regret selling em?

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the_salivation_army t1_j6bjb1r wrote

Yeh I really do cos I’ve never just been able to plop that much money on headphones ever again. There’s a set of HD580 and this Heed Audio Can Amp at home still so I’m not completely out of the game. It was a solid sacrifice, but man those Stax headphones are in a different world.

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The_Incredible_Rook OP t1_j6bjus7 wrote

Can imagine, would love to get my hands on some vintage Stax stuff... But for now the L500 is keeping me more than satisfied :)

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the_salivation_army t1_j6blbal wrote

Yeh I’m jealous, they’re just so different to any dynamic set I’ve heard. First ones I ever heard were the SR5 ones I mentioned and they’re nearly 50 year old headphones but the music coming from them was just effortless. I had some really really old set of non-Pro lambda as well. That T1 amp had two Pro holes and one non-Pro hole and ya didn’t have to hook em up through the speakers.

Ah man I really wish I had my Stax stuff still!

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